{"id":28715,"date":"2025-10-31T23:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T23:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/28715\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T23:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T23:30:08","slug":"area-agency-on-aging-offers-meal-sites-ahead-of-snap-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/28715\/","title":{"rendered":"Area Agency on Aging Offers Meal Sites ahead of SNAP cuts |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Area Agency on Aging for Southwest Florida is stepping up to support seniors amid an expected pause in SNAP benefits due to the federal government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want older adults and their caregivers to know they are not alone,\u201d said Sarah Gualco, Director of Programs and Planning at AAASWFL.<\/p>\n<p>AAASWFL is offering food assistance through its Helpline and congregate dining sites across Southwest Florida. Seniors and caregivers can call the Helpline at 866-413-5337 for local food resources and support.<\/p>\n<p>Congregate dining sites provide hot meals and social opportunities for seniors aged 60 and over and their caregivers. Sites are located throughout Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hendry, and Lee counties.<\/p>\n<p>Dining Site Locations and Service Times:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Charlotte County<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Harbor Heights<\/p>\n<p>27420 Voyageur Drive\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Harbor Heights, FL 33983<\/p>\n<p>Service Days: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday<\/p>\n<p>Meal Service Time: 11:30 AM<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte Towers<\/p>\n<p>2295 Aaron St.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Port Charlotte, FL 33952<\/p>\n<p>Service Days:\u00a0<a id=\"x_x__Hlk212731815\" name=\"x_x__Hlk212731815\"\/>Monday \u2013 Thursday<\/p>\n<p>Meal Service Time: 11:15 AM<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Christian City of Florida<\/p>\n<p>6433 Gasparilla Pines Blvd.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Grove City, FL 34224<\/p>\n<p>Service Days: Monday \u2013 Thursday<\/p>\n<p>Meal Service Time: 12:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Verandas<\/p>\n<p>24500 Airport Road\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Punta Gorda, FL 33950<\/p>\n<p>Service Days: Monday \u2013 Thursday<\/p>\n<p>Meal Service Time: 11:30 AM<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Collier County<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Cadenza<\/p>\n<p>8455 Rattlesnake Hammock Rd.<\/p>\n<p>Naples, FL 34114<\/p>\n<p>Service Days: Monday \u2013 Friday (Breakfast &amp; Lunch)<\/p>\n<p>Meal Service Times: 9:00 AM &amp; 12:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Immokalee Senior Meal Site<\/p>\n<p>905 Roberts Ave.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Immokalee, FL 34142<\/p>\n<p>Service Days: Monday \u2013 Friday (Breakfast &amp; Lunch)<\/p>\n<p>Meal Service Times: 8:30 AM &amp; 11:15 AM<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Golden Gate Senior Center<\/p>\n<p>4898 Coronado Pkwy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Naples, FL 34116<\/p>\n<p>Service Days: Monday \u2013 Friday<\/p>\n<p>Meal Service Times: 12:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Goodlette Arms<\/p>\n<p>950 Goodlette Road N<\/p>\n<p>Naples, FL 34102<\/p>\n<p>Service Days: Monday \u2013 Friday (Breakfast &amp; Lunch)<\/p>\n<p>Meal Service Times: 9:00 AM &amp; 12:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DeSoto County<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Arcadia Friendship Caf\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>917 N. Arcadia Ave.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Arcadia, FL 34266<\/p>\n<p>Service Days: Monday \u2013 Friday<\/p>\n<p>Meal Service Times: 11:00 AM<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Glades County<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Moore Haven<\/p>\n<p>200 2nd St.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moore Haven, FL 34741<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"x_x__Hlk212733066\" name=\"x_x__Hlk212733066\"\/><a id=\"x_x__Hlk212733179\" name=\"x_x__Hlk212733179\"\/>Service Days: Monday \u2013 Friday<\/p>\n<p>Meal Service Times: 11:30 AM<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hendry County<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Nobel Senior Center<\/p>\n<p>475 East Cowboy Way\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>LaBelle, FL 33935<\/p>\n<p>Service Days: Monday \u2013 Friday<\/p>\n<p>Meal Service Times: 11:30 AM<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Clewiston<\/p>\n<p>1200 S. WC Owens\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Clewiston, FL 33440<\/p>\n<p>Service Days: Tuesday &amp; Thursday<\/p>\n<p>Meal Service Times: 11:30 AM<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lee County<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Lake Kennedy Senior Center<\/p>\n<p>400 Santa Barbara Blvd.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cape Coral, FL 33991<\/p>\n<p>Service Days: Monday &#8211; Friday<\/p>\n<p>Meal Service Times: 11:00 AM<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>South Cape Community Center<\/p>\n<p>4544 Coronado Pkwy.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cape Coral, FL 33904<\/p>\n<p>Service Days: Tuesday &amp; Friday<\/p>\n<p>Meal Service Times: 10:30 AM<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bonita Springs Senior Center<\/p>\n<p>25999 Old 41 Rd.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bonita Springs, FL 34135<\/p>\n<p>Service Days: Monday &#8211; Friday<\/p>\n<p>Meal Service Times: 11:30 AM<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sunshine Villas<\/p>\n<p>1201 Broad St.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lehigh Acres, FL 33936<\/p>\n<p>Service Days: Monday \u2013 Friday (Breakfast &amp; Lunch)<\/p>\n<p>Meal Service Times: 9:00 AM &amp; 12:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hatton B. Rogers Apartments<\/p>\n<p>4250 Hatton Rogers Lane\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fort Myers, FL 33903<\/p>\n<p>Service Days: Monday \u2013 Friday (Breakfast &amp; Lunch)<\/p>\n<p>Meal Service Times: 9:00 AM &amp; 11:30 AM<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Renaissance Preserve<\/p>\n<p>4221 Othello Ln.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fort Myers, FL 33916<\/p>\n<p>Service Days: Monday \u2013 Friday (Breakfast &amp; Lunch)<\/p>\n<p>Meal Service Times: 9:00 AM &amp; 11:30 AM<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Palm Harbor<\/p>\n<p>1081 Palm Avenue\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>North Fort Myers, FL 33903<\/p>\n<p>Service Days: Monday \u2013 Friday (Breakfast &amp; Lunch)<\/p>\n<p>Meal Service Times: 9:00 AM &amp; 11:15 AM<\/p>\n<p>Transportation assistance may also be available. To learn more about AAASWFL&#8217;s services, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/aaaswfl.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">aaaswfl.org<\/a> or call the Helpline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Area Agency on Aging for Southwest Florida is stepping up to support seniors amid an expected pause&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-28715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}